Make Your House the Place to Be with Home Automation

There are plenty of practical reasons why home automation is a great idea: cutting down energy bills, increasing your home’s value, protecting yourself against intruders, protecting your furniture from UV rays – the list goes on.

But have you thought about the fun side to smart homes? Here are three great ways to entertain guests with the help of smarter home technologies.

Perfect Pizza Party

Home automation truly thrives in the kitchen. You can create custom scenes on your Somfy myLink for cooking, dining and casual entertaining with friends and family. Invite your friends around for pizzas, drinks, and a relaxing evening with the help of smart devices.

Automate the blinds in your kitchen to open wide and let the maximum amount of natural light in to brightly illuminate the kitchen for meal prepping. With built-in speakers throughout the house that are synced to your Smartphone, you can have a mood-enhancing soundtrack playing throughout your home. Or, if there are kids sleeping, you can easily customise the speakers to play where you are and keep the rest of the house quiet.

Once dinner is in the oven, you can close your motorised blinds and turn up your music playlist with the touch of a button and go from cooking to entertaining and then, of course, to feasting!

Host Your Own Sports Final Extravaganza

Whether it's the AFL grand final, the State of Origin, or a 3 am World Cup final, home automation lets you host your own sports extravaganza.

With a big screen, surround sound, and plenty of snacks and beer, you can create a home theatre for the die-hards to avidly watch every second of coverage. For those who want to mingle, chat, or party, you could have a second screen for more casual watching, or simply pipe the audio through your built-in speaker system so the game can be followed anywhere in the house.

Don’t forget to have some speakers installed outside too, for outdoor entertaining! With a fully automated outdoor awning, you and your guests can enjoy cooking, dining, chatting, and drinking outdoors while staying safe from the harsh Aussie sun. Should rain strike, you’ll also have shelter while still being able to listen to the game! 

Get That Restaurant Feel for Your Next Dinner Party

Create the ambience of a restaurant in your home, with the help of home automation.

With the press of a button, you can initiate a customised lighting setting that will provide just the right light levels for dining and conversation, but with that dimmed, intimate feel. You can even program specific lights to highlight artwork on the walls, while others dim completely to hide the mess your kids left in the next room!

Meanwhile, a customised playlist starts up on the built-in speakers around you and your smart thermostat keeps the temperature just right for your guests. Now all you need is some skill in the kitchen, and a waiter to serve the meals.

Find Out More

To learn more about home automation, browse Somfy’s world-leading products. You can also contact us on 1800 0 SOMFY or drop into your local Somfy retailer.